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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.12 No.48 (27-Nov-1995)
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| A newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet BBS community | "FidoNews" BBS |
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| _ | +1-519-570-4176 |
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| _`@/_ \ _ | |
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| | | \ \\ | Editors: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Donald Tees 1:221/192 |
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| |__U__| / \// | Sylvia 1:221/194 |
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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: editors 1:1/23 |
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| MORE addresses: |
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| submissions=> editor@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Don -- don@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Sylvia max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
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| obtaining copies of fidonews or the internet gateway faq |
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| please refer to the end of this file. |
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Table of Contents
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1. Editorial..................................................... 2
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2. Articles...................................................... 2
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TEEN-AIDS Echo.............................................. 2
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Hello Donald (& Sylvia!),................................... 2
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Job Finder Data Base........................................ 5
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This About Region 10........................................ 5
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The PRIME Network still going strong........................ 7
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New Area Code for Upstate................................... 8
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Net241 *sigh*............................................... 8
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A Holiday Warning........................................... 11
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Valid policies/standards.................................... 11
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 12
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 2 27 Nov 1995
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Editorial
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We have a large issue this week, and I am not up to an
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editorial, so here it is.
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Articles
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TEEN-AIDS Echo
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Ryan Gralinski (1:323/1112)
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I am an HIV+ 14 year old who contracted the virus through a
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blood transfusion the day after i was born! and i am trying to
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start a mail echo called TEEN-AIDS for teenagers to talk about
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Aids/HIV seperate from AIDS-HIV which is mostly older or gay
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people! If anybody would be interested in carrying this echo
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please Email me at 1:323/1112. Thanks in advance!
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Hello Donald (& Sylvia!),
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From: Bob Chapman (1:372/49)
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First of all, I share your concern that someone could be
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banned from Fido for making a submission. That's just going TOO
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far, regardless of the reason! I applaud your stand in this
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matter & I'm sure most sysops will agree with you.
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Perhaps one way to prove da Snooze is not to be taken THAT
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seriously would be to include a funny song to try to lighten the
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mood in an upcoming issue. I was at a local sysops meeting &
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the subject of the Snooze came up. That story "X ways to piss
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off a sysop" was among the most memorable & among the funniest
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issue was the one that included the song about Steve Winter ("I
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curse you").
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Attached is a re-submission of another funny song about
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Boardwatch magazine (BW-SONG!.ART) that I sent 1 year ago next
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week. At first, I was disappointed it never appeared. But,
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since it included a tagline plug for me in the next Boardwatch
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100 BBS Contest, I figured you &/or Sylvia may have objected to
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the contest &/or thought this was a publicity stunt towards that
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goal. Since that contest was never actually held, I was kinda
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glad it didn't run at that time.
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If you guys think this is just too self-aggrandizing, at face
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value, it is. The truth is I don't run a "Megaboard" pay system
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here (just a 1 line freebie). We never had much of a chance at
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making the Boardwatch 100 anyhow, but ran just for fun anyhow.
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I know some sysops who bitterly objected to the whole concept.
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Since that's now history, there probably isn't many who would
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object to this...
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FWIW, I faxed a copy of the song to Jack Rickard before
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 3 27 Nov 1995
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submitting it to you last year, so that if he objected to it for
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some reason, I could put the brakes on it. Not only did he not
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object, everyone on the staff got big laugh out of it. There
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was a typo in the original & I fine-tuned it just a bit more.
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Here's hoping you'll add this silly ditty in an upcoming
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issue. We have to try to keep things in perspective. This is
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an effort towards that goal. :)
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Thanks!
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Bob
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P.S. I'm SO glad that Quebec didn't vote themselves out of
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Canada! You guys were in our thoughts as that big showdown vote
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was approaching. (It was CLOSE!)
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"ON THE COVER OF BOARDWATCH MAGAZINE" - Lyrics written by Bob Chapman
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[Sung (& Spoken) to music of Dr. Hook's "COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE"]
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---------------------------------------------------------------------
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(Don't touch my keyboard!)
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Hey Jack, yeah you Rickard,
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tell 'em who we are...
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Well, we're net-famous sysops,
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we type with golden fingers,
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and we're loved by all who call in.
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(That sounds like us!)
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We offer callers files,
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and echomail in piles,
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at rates fast approaching a sin.
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(Right!)
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We run all kinds of doors,
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like we're cyberspace whores,
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but the thrill we cannot buy,
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is the thrill that gets 'em,
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when you get your system,
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on the cover of Boardwatch Magazine!
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna see my system on the cover,
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna buy 5 copies for my mother,
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna see my modem's lights,
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on the cover of Boardwatch Magazine!
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I got a fast-typing lady,
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named 28.8 Katy,
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who designs all of my screens.
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I got a 10 foot satellite dish,
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sucking down the datastream!
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 4 27 Nov 1995
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Now, it's all designed,
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to blow user's minds,
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but their minds won't really be blown,
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like the blow that gets 'em,
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when you get your system,
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on the cover of Boardwatch Magazine!
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna see my system on the cover,
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna buy 5 copies for my mother,
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna see my modem's lights,
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on the cover of Boardwatch Magazine!
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Booting Uppppp!!!
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BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT! <--[Sound effect of a MASSIVE short circuit!]
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(That's OK, I got a backup Pentium.)
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We got a lot of high-speed teenage groupies,
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who will upload anything we say.
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We got Jack as our Internet Guru,
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he's teaching us a better way.
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We got all the lines,
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that money can buy,
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so we never have to be alone.
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And we keep getting richer,
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but we can't get our picture,
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on the cover of Boardwatch Magazine.
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna see my system on the cover,
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna buy 5 copies for my mother,
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Boardwatch!
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Wanna see my modem's lights,
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on the cover of Boardwatch Magazine,
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on the cover of Boardwatch Magazine!
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[Repeat chorus]
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Right up front man, I can see it now...
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There's my opening screen in color, man, "Thoroughly Fascinating"! <EG>
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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The author's online system, The Earth Art BBS! (1:372/50) 803-552-4389,
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was featured on the cover of Boardwatch Magazine's November 1992 Issue.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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(Tom Jennings, Fidonet founder, was depicted on the August 1993 cover.)
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 5 27 Nov 1995
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Job Finder Data Base
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From: Sorceress (1:163/436)
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Hi there,
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Are you searching for work? Considering changing jobs? Want to
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change your profession completely?
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Maybe you aren't looking but know someone that is. Perhaps
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you'd like to offer the service to your users.
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Send me your resume and I'll enter it into Nu-Job Teck's Resume
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Data Base. This service is FREE. Confidentiality is guaranteed.
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The company, which I work for, NU-JOB TECK, is contacted by
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various businesses when they have a position vacant.
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Let's say they are looking for programmers. All the
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programmers' resumes listed in the data base, and in the
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demographic area requested by the company i.e. city or province,
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would be forwarded to the company. They in turn may contact you
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for an interview. This is across Canada. If you are interested
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in possible relocation mention that in your message.
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I also need to have the exact name of the position you are
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looking for.
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i.e. Programmer, Data Entry, Chef, Janitor, Child Care Worker
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etc.
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Saying supervisor or managerial position isn't good enough.
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Take advantage of this.
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Any questions just ask.
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This About Region 10
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Would The Real RC Please Stand Up
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by Lyn Borchert (1:300/12)
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Regarding the recent article from Zorch Frezberg I have a few personal
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observations and comments. First a brief quote to refresh everyone's
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mind..
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>Subject: Previous Article
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>From: Zorch Frezberg (1:205/0)
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>
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>Dear Sir:
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>
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>I submitted an article for publication in FidoNews on the
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>evening of November 12, 1995.
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 6 27 Nov 1995
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>
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>I am formally requesting that this article be retracted and not
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>published.
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>
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>I am making this retraction as I have been informed that the
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>criticism of the Interim Regional Coordinator, Jeff Reese, his
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>failure to provide proof of his appointment, and criticism of
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>Zone Coordinator Bob Satti for failing to notify any other
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>Region 10 sysop of the appointment, shall constitute "working
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>against" the Interim Regional Coordinator.
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I've been a FidoNet Sysop for about 7 years now, and it never ceases to
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amaze me how things take place in this medium.
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Looking from the outside of all this (way outside), on the surface it
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would seem that Mr. Frezberg would be out of line posting a complaint
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in the FidoNews. After all, the proper procedure for making and
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dealing with complaints is well spelled out in Policy4 and it does not
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include posting your complaint in FidoNews.
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However, for any *C person to threaten someone against posting an
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informative article in the news prior to its being posted and prior to
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even knowing the exact content and personality of that article is pure
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censorship in my opinion. If Mr. Frezberg were merely posting a
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factual conveyance of the circumstances surrounding his frustration,
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and worded it in a "matter of fact" like fashion, I don't see how that
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can be considered "excessively annoying behavior." By the way, there
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is nothing about "working against" a Regional Coordinator as being
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excessively annoying in Policy4.
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On the other hand if Mr. Frezberg were to submit an article worthy of
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the flame echo, he would be signing his own excommunication papers. So
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what are the *C's in this situation afraid of? Perhaps they are trying
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to prevent an all out war in their region. Or perhaps something took
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place that really shouldn't have and they are trying to cover their
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butts. At this point, I don't know which it is, but based on the
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article that did get posted, I'd assume there is something rotten in
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region 10 and it's not necessarily Mr. Frezberg.
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I'm not in Region 10, but I'm certainly now very curious about what is
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going on over there. In my opinion, the powers that prevail over the
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Region 10 *C structure owe all of us an explanation of what has
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transpired and what is going to be done about it. Did the *C's over
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there play dirty pool? Is a cover-up in progress? Can the *C's in my
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Region pull the same stunt? Or is this all just a big
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misunderstanding? Seems to me the best thing to do is get it all out
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in the open and have it over and done with. It's only going to piss
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people off if the *C structure just flexes its muscles in an attempt to
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make the problem go away.
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After all, if all this is about somebody neglecting to inform some
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people about an appointment, what's the big deal? Fess up that a
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mistake was made, apologize and let's get on with the business at hand.
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If too many people whine that an apology isn't good enough then perhaps
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those people in question should consider resigning due to a lack of
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 7 27 Nov 1995
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support or popularity. You tell me, is it worth being a *C if the world
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is constantly working against you? If it were me, I'd hang my hat in a
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minute. It's a thankless enough job as it is.
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My whole point here is that it doesn't seem like the people in charge
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are being very responsible when they make threats like the one
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mentioned in Mr. Frezbergs article. Failure to notify sysops of an
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appointment hardly seems just cause to prevent someone telling about it
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in the news. If they're worried that Mr. Frezberg would tell the story
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incorrectly then why not just bang out an open letter explaining what
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really happened? *Cs are there to manage the nodelist and to deal with
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policy complaints. They are not there to rule the kingdom or win a
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popularity contest or run for political office. They are people just
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like you and me and we all make mistakes. Net Wars are a fact of life
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simply because you can't please all of the people all of the time.
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-=[ Lyn ]=-
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1:300/1 Net 300 NEC
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1:300/12 The Hour Glass BBS
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lynb@rd.net Internet E-Mail
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The PRIME Network still going strong
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Steve Winter
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1:18/98@fidonet
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Please spread this info around. Thanks!!
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 8 27 Nov 1995
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New Area Code for Upstate
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From: Daniel Morgan(1:376/194)
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I thought this would be informative to whoever handles the nodelist
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for the upstate part of South Carolina. I do know South Carolina is
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in Fidonet Region 18. Bell South decided to change the area code
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for the upstate of SC.
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* Forwarded (from: SC_SYSOP) by Daniel Morgan using timEd/2 1.01.
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* Originally from Michael Watts (1:3639/63) to All.
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* Original dated: Oct 30 '95, 12:01
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In case you haven't heard, us Upstate folks are getting a new area code,
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effective Decemeber 3rd, but won't be a mandate untill May 1rst 1996.
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The new area code is (drum roll)..................864! (replacing 803)
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Cities this will affect include:
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Abbeville, Anderson, Belton, Blacksburg, Blue Ridge, Calhoun
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Falls, Central, Chesnee, Clemson, Clinton, Duncan, Easley,
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Fountain Inn, Gaffney, Greenville, Greenwood, Greer, Hodges,
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Honea Path, Inman, Joanna, Landrum, Laurens, Lockhart, Lyman,
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Mauldin, McCormick, Nintey Six, Pacolet, Pendleton, Pickens,
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Plum Branch, Salem, Saluda, Seneca, Simpsonville,
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Slater-Marietta, Starr-Iva, Spartanburg, Tokeena, Townville,
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Traveler's Rest, Union, Walhalla, Ware Shoals, Welford, Western
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Laurens, Westminister, Williamston, & Woodruff
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Net241 *sigh*
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by Sunir Shah
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Net241 *sigh*
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INTRODUCTION
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Life in Net241 have taken a turn for the worse. Normally I stay above
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NetPolitics as I tend to think I'm not a complete basement-dwelling
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melvin, but I must defend democracy wherever possible ... uh, well
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that's what the government tells me. :)
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I got inspired to right this article after I read the article in
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FNEWSC47 about denying a person his right to freedom of expression by
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way of threats. I'm sick of this fascist crap. Can we all grow up?
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It's just a hobby but it requires other people to make it work.
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THE BORING NET241POLITICS TEXT
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------------------------------
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I'll begin with a bit of background. Recently an election was held
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(this is how most articles in the Snooze get started) in Net241 because
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 9 27 Nov 1995
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I and several others called for one. The others called for one a couple
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weeks before I did, but I called one because our former NC/NEC (same
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person.. two hats, big head, you know how it works) who had left Fidonet
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had relisted under a pseudonym in an attempt to stuff the nodelist.
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Thinking that I was on "his" side, he told me and I decided that he was
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an idiot. Naturally I blew up and ventured into the evils of
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NetPolitics. Well, the election when forth and the candidate I
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nominated and backed got in. Naturally, the balance of power had
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slightly shifted as the nodelist was stuffed out the wazoo.
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Well, with this new found power, our former NC/NEC (who had since
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relisted under his real name) decided to throw out his boogiemen, the
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"Rat Pack," as he calls them (I'd love to be his shrink) from the
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administration echo as per the rules. The vote was pushed through quite
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undemocratically by the new NC. He decided to offer a one day grace
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period (crash it Friday, elections close on Saturday) while the accused
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had no access to the echo due to technical difficulties.
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Simutaneously, our former NC pushed forth a motion to alter the rules
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about aliases in the echo back to what they were a week before. You
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see, we had an election just a couple days ago about the matter that
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allowed aliases to be free in the echo. Not acceptable, cries Dale, so
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he calls another vote. Apparently a vote doesn't count until it
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coincides with what Dale thinks.
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At any rate, both motions were passed and my vote wasn't counted as got
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in too late because I'm long distance and our NEC won't crash mail to a
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LD node. I didn't know of the election until it was over. Besides, I
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have a life and don't wait in my basement for netmail to come through.
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By the way, our NEC is the ex-NC. Took on the torch without election
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from Dale. He was the one we kicked out.
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THE POINT
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---------
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Sadly, no matter what you do, no matter where you go, you'll get
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lynched. Forget democracy. It's the will of the powerful. Although
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this is REAListic, it is not IDEAListic. We should all fight the
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oppression. Onwards to freedom!
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PROOF OF CHARACTER AND MOTIVES
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------------------------------
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The following are messages from ADMIN241, the adminstrative echo of
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Net241. The first shows how Dale Kaechler, the NC/NEC from June, can't
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let go of his job and insists on having everything his way.
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The second points how Lintec (Phil Steinke) pushed it through. Motive?
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Malice towards the Terpstras (the banned sysops).
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---[From ex-NC/NEC]
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Area fido.admin.admin241, Msg#173, 95-11-18 07:37:50
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From: Dale Kaechler
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To: Sunir Shah
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Subject: Motion
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 10 27 Nov 1995
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In a msg on <17 Nov 95 16:49>, Sunir Shah of 1:241/11 writes:
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SS> The alias thing was just voted on. We can't keep voting on it
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SS> over and over and over. Get over it, people.
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Until we get it right , it cold take many votes. The change to not
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identify yourself when using an alias doesn't work in this Net because of
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some of the assholes in it.
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Cheers
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--- Squish v1.11
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* Origin: The 19th Hole, 33.6 USR DS V Everything, Petawawa,On (1:241/3)
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---[From current NC]
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Area fido.admin.admin241, Msg#232, 95-11-20 08:29:00
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From: Lintec
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To: Sunir Shah
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Subject: Vote
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Sunir Shah mumbled
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Thanks a bunch.
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Lintec replies
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Sorry dude.. Your vote came in after the polls closed. I wrote the voting
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message Friday morning, figured it'd get packed out early Sat morning, you'd
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get it Sat during the day, and have time to crash a vote in before midnight.
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If you want more time from here on in, just lemme know.. I made it pretty
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short
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so we could just get the <cough> revote overwith.
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Phil
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NC241
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--- Heaven [2 Node/ANSi]
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* Origin: h e a v e n - better than bad, it's good! - 613.732.1616
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(1:241/4)
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LE FINALE
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---------
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Although I'm sure to stir up even more waves in Net241 (I'm good at
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that), and even though I'm not a big fan of the sysops who were removed
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from ADMIN241 by a lynch mob, there are bigger issues at sake. Do we
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want to have things rammed down our throats by an elite or do we want to
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be equals? Democracy in action, right?
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*sigh*
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Sunir Shah (1:241/11),
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Net241 SysOp,
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Internet (don't hurt me): sshah@intranet.on.ca
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FidoNews 12-48 Page: 11 27 Nov 1995
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A Holiday Warning
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A HOLIDAY WARNING!
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by Michele Stewart
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1:369/21
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It's that time of year again... when pleas for charity or chain letters
|
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claiming to be able to earn you beaucoup dollars start surfacing. The
|
||
posting of these messages in most echo's is off-topic, against the rules
|
||
and, in many cases, illegal... HOWEVER, if someone has a legitimate
|
||
charity they would like to raise money for, they might ask their echo
|
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moderator for permission to post. If the charity can be verified, some
|
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moderators will be more than happy to allow a one time posting of your
|
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plea.
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|
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But know that legitimate pleas for financial assistance usually follow
|
||
some legal path which advises sending money to a trust fund or other
|
||
charitable institution already known, such as United Way. A legitimate
|
||
plea for money will NEVER ask that you send it directly to them or a
|
||
third party that is not an attorney, financial institution or
|
||
charitable organization. It will almost always ask funds to be sent to
|
||
the "So and So Trust Fund" or c/o The Red Cross, etc.
|
||
|
||
Already several posts have been seen on the echos requesting money for
|
||
distressed individuals. Seeing that no trust fund or other legal fund
|
||
has been established for the receipt of donations would make me think
|
||
twice about sending money. If you wish to harvest the joys of this
|
||
holiday season by helping others less fortunate than yourself, then by
|
||
all means do so. But why not stick closer to home and check with
|
||
legitimate agencies in your area? Volunteer your time at a hospital.
|
||
Donate to a local homeless shelter. Send toys, food, clothing or money
|
||
to the Red Cross, Salvation Army, United Way or the myriad other
|
||
legitimate organizations out there in true need.
|
||
|
||
Above all, be careful of lining the pockets of greedy thieves who will
|
||
use your good spirits and charity for their own benefit. Stick with the
|
||
lawful charities and have a safe and healthy holiday!
|
||
|
||
.\\ichele Stewart
|
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(Moderator, MODERATOR, BBSCON, PC_ADDICT)
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Valid policies/standards
|
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From: Rob Oosten (2:500/100.6047)
|
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|
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First I want to compliment you on the extreme objectivity you
|
||
exert in accepting copy for FidoNews. I will continue to follow
|
||
the battle for independance and against bigotry as is exhibited
|
||
by some of the contributors.
|
||
|
||
My question: Could you one way or the other tell me (and perhaps
|
||
some others) what the valid and applicable policies and
|
||
standards are for the use of FidoNet?
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 12-48 Page: 12 27 Nov 1995
|
||
|
||
I've found a multitude (82?) of FSC documents which seem to be
|
||
-but not always are- proposals for technical standards. I take
|
||
it that the FTS documents 0001 through 0009 are the final
|
||
technical standards indeed. There are some duplications but the
|
||
higher number on the same topic presumably supersedes the others.
|
||
|
||
In addition to Policy4 (latest version 4.07 of June 9, 1989?)
|
||
there are things like Policy4E (for Europe) and WorldPol3, both
|
||
apparently proposals.
|
||
|
||
Finally I discovered EchoPol1 (zone 1) and EchoPol2 (zone 2)
|
||
which look like final documents.
|
||
|
||
I really would appreciate if you could show me the way in this
|
||
jungle.
|
||
|
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Cheerio,
|
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|
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Rob
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